Un colosse de l’acier : genèse et évolution du M1 Abrams Conçu à la fin des années 1970, le char M1 Abrams est né du besoin urgent de remplacer le vieillissant M60 Patton.

Key Points – The M60, a descendant of the M48 Patton, served as the US Army’s primary main battle tank for decades, forming the backbone of America’s Cold War armored forces with 15,000 ...

The M1 Abrams is essentially a heavily armored vehicle built around formidable firepower that includes a 120mm Smooth Bore cannon, a 7.62mm M240 coaxial machine gun, and a .50-caliber M2 machine gun.

Ukrainian officials have commended the M1 Abrams tank’s resilience on the battlefield. When it comes to tank lethality, the American-made Abrams family of armored vehicles arguably takes the cake.

Despite the Abrams’ key capabilities, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry.